Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-09
: State News.


. portion of northern Aroostook. during the
afternoon of July 4th. At Maysville Centre
hail accompanied the rain, and did consider
able damage. 1t broke out thirty two squares
of glass in the house of Edward Wiggin,
thirty-nine in F. B. Smiths, Hfteeu in Capt
Henry Rolfe's. and forty nine in the Mays
vile Centre school house, and more or less in
nearly every house 10 the neighborhood. At
Mr.. Kneeland's, on the Ashland road, the
hail stones were as large as small hens eggs.
Mrs. Kneeland gathered one that measured
three and half inches in circumference.
CUMBERLAND.
| Daniel w. Fessenden, Esq, of Portland,
Who last week Was appointed clerk of the
United States district court, was taken ill at
his summer residence at Bowery Beach Thurs
day. and physician was summoned from the
city 1t was supposed to be an apoplectic
attack, but up to the time of going to press
| Thursday nothing more definite had been
learned.
Monday evening, the 4th, smoke was seen
issuing from the stable of Capt. R. S. Ran
dali at Freeport. Upon examination. fire
was discovered in a piie of chips under the
| barn stairs. By its timely discovery, seri-
GUS conflagration was Averted.
| Bishop Healv has purchased the Mcmillan
estate on the corner OF High and Pleasant
streets, Portland The price paid is reported
to be S20,0 600 Ii as purchased for the pur-
pose of establishing an orphanage.
KNOX.
| About one hundred of the Thomaston
Maine Club from Boston came by boat Sun
day morning the 81 Monday, the schooner
Lottie in tow of tug Ellen from Portland took
a large party down TO Harthorn's Point, in
| Gushing, where clam bake was served and
various sports INDUCED in. reception was
rendered the visitors 10 Union Hall, which
had been painted, and draped very tastefully
with bunting and evergreen, with the word
welcome in front of the stage presenting q
striking contrast to our former Union Hall
Pullen's orchestra, from Augusta, furnished
music from 8 to 10, when dancing commenced
and continued till late. The costumes were
very elaborate and admitted by those present
20 be most pleasant and enjoyable occasion.
| The new steamer which is being constructed
at East Boston to take the place of the Henry
Morrison. is being pushed rapidly to com
pletion and will come on the route about
August lst She will probably be named the
Ellsworth" She is y 40 feet long, Is feet
| beam and very shoal. She has fine lines and
is expected to steam twelve to fifteen knots
an hour The hull is about completed and
| the machinery is being put in place. The
old Morrison will be disposed of.
PENoBsCoT.
| The sheriff's sale of the Shaw Bros. prop
| erty, consisting OF tracts OF land. tannery
property, etc took place Wednesday after
noon, at the Office of H. l.. Mitchell, In
Bangor. The sale was largely attended by
prominent business men of that city and
other places. and was one of the largest sales
! of real estate ever held there, Sheriff Brown
conducted the sale. Each piece of property
was disposed of separately but they were all
bid in by one party, Mr.. VIM. L. Putnam, of
Portland, for the CascO National Bank of
Portland. The whole amount of the sales
was about $4,000. Some of the tracts of
land sold for from $40 to $50, and the King
man tsnnery, land, etc connected went at
about $4,000 Bangor parties who were
interested in the sale were present but did
not bid.
The Bangor Wing says Work on the ex-
| cavations for the foundation of the fire proof
wing to be rected on the east side of the
Court House was commenced Thursdav.
When completed it will be used to hold the
important documents of the Clerk of Courts.
The design of the wing is handsome and the
inside arrangements will be convenient for
the purpose for which it lie to be used. 1t
will probably take five or six weeks to finish
the building. County Commissioner Serb
ner is experimenting the work at present.
An adjourned meeting of the Penobscot Cen
trail Railroad Company was held at the Pc
nobscot Exchange Hotel Thursday, which
was very fully attended, and at which it was
voted to appoint committee to confer with
other parties regarding the building of said
road. provided the negotiations now pending
with the Piscstaquis railroad are not carried
out. The committee appointed were Messrs.
J. H Higgins of Charleston, John Morrison
of Corinth, and w. T. Pearson of Bangor.
A committee was also appointed to see what
he towns OF Levsnt, Kenduskeag and Charles
ton will do to aid the building of the road.
Adjourned to meet in two weeks.
SAGADAHoC.
The little Bar Harbor steamer now build.
ing at the yard of the New England Ship
building Company at Bath, will be called the
Winter Harbor She will have the smallest
triple expansion engine ever put into pas
senger steamer 1t will be one of Supt.
Hyde's little flying machines, and be con-
structed with view to economy of space.
For this reason the valve arrangement will
be at the side instead of at the ends
The son of Timothy B Oliver of Bath,
was found in barn at Arrowsc with his
head crushed. His injuries will probably
result fatally.
| SOMERSET.
Mr. Isaac Savage Of Madison, has corn in
his garden which stands over three feet high
and was spinded out the last day of June.
| c S Dunton of Concord, met with qut
a loss recently. He sold his wool, amount
| ing to thirty dollars, then afterwsrd be took
out his wallet to pay for some little article,
put it back in his pocket and did not op=n it
again until he got home, when he found his
money was gone.
| Bowman Carr's house at Pittsfeld was
struck by lightning in the shower of last
| Tuesday evening. Some glass was broken
and Mrs Carr was somewhat injured.
| We are informed that the Waterville Water
Company are preparing to make the citizens
of this place a very advantageous offer to
supply water No town needs a system of
water works more than this and if water IAN
be had at any reasonable price the opportu-
nifty to obtain il should not he allowed to pass
A good supply OF water will decrease the
| sickness ia the village a great deal. Lets
/ have water bv all means -Fdlrf.id Journal
YORK.
The city of Biddeford seems to be very
much excited over the location Of school
| building and all attempts to choose site have
proved failures. If it devotes as much time
and discussion to the methods of education